Dr Engelbrecht completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Pretoria and her postgraduate training at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She completed a Fellowship in Craniofacial Cleft Surgrey at the Pretoria Craniofacial Cleft Clinic, the biggest Cleft Clinic in Africa.

She relocated to Melbourne in 2013, is registered in Australia as a specialist Oral Surgeon.

Hanlie is passionate about all aspects of Oral Surgery, especially about the aesthetic rehabilitation of patients who have lost teeth. Seeing confident smiles restored is her aim.